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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/227",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An oyster bed licence purporting to have been granted under section 131 of the principal Act (as originally enacted) before the date of the commencement of Article 8 shall, if (so far as relevant)—\n(a) consents corresponding to those mentioned in subsection (4) of that section (as substituted by that Article) were given before that date, or\n(b) the consents mentioned in that sub-section are given within the period of one year from that date,\nand the consents (except a consent given by the Secretary of State or the Crown Estate Commissioners) either have been transmitted by the licensee to the Department of Agriculture or are so transmitted before the expiration of that period, be deemed to be a shell-fish fishery licence for the culture of oysters, and shall have effect as if section 131 (as substituted by Article 8) had been in force when the licence was granted, and the licence was duly granted under it (and accordingly sections 133, 135 and 137 shall apply to the licence and section 136 shall apply to the fishery to which it relates).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/227/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:19.306944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}